title: Avoidable mortality for causes amenable to medical care, by occupation in Canada, 1991-2001.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the incidence of avoidable mortality for causes amenable to medical care among occupation groups in Canada.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cohort study over an 11-year period among a representative 15% sample of the non-institutionalized population of Canada aged 30-69 at cohort inception. Age-standardized mortality rates for causes amenable to medical care and all other causes of death were calculated for occupationally-active men and women in five categories of skill level and 80 specific occupational groups as well as for persons not occupationally active.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Age-standardized mortality rates per 100,000 person-years at risk for causes amenable to medical care and for all other causes were 132.3 and 218.6, respectively, for occupationally-active women, and 216.6 and 449.3 for occupationally-active men. For causes amenable to medical care and for all other causes, for both sexes, there was a gradient in mortality relative to the five-level ranking by occupational skill level, but the gradient was less strong for women than for men. Across the 80 occupation minor groups, for both men and women, there was a linear relationship between the rates for causes amenable to medical care and the rates for all other causes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  For occupationally-active adults, this study found similar gradients in mortality for causes amenable to medical care and for all other causes of mortality over the period 1991-2001. Avoidable mortality is a valuable indicator of population health, providing information on outcomes pertinent to the organization and delivery of health care services.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, ON. cmustard@iwh.on.ca
authors.forename: Cameron A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Mustard
authors.forename: Amber
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bielecky
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Etches
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wilkins
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tjepkema
authors.forename: Benjamin C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Amick
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Kristan J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Aronson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002423:Cause of Death / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*